anachronism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
    misdating; mistiming.
  2. noun an artifact that belongs to another time
  3. noun a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

WordNet

An*ach"ro*nism noun
Etymology
Gr. , fr. to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; + time: cf. F. anachronisme.
Definitions
  1. A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Webster 1913